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Josiah Thayer 1694 – 1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 JUN 1694

Birth Location: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 13 MAY 1741

Death Location: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Father: Josiah Thayer

Mother: Sarah Bass

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Lewis, Elizabeth Keith, Esther Keith, Elizabeth Lewis

Children(s):

Josiah Thayer was born in 1694 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Josiah Thayer and Sarah Bass. Josiah Thayer married Elizabeth Lewis, Elizabeth Keith, Esther Keith, Elizabeth Lewis. Josiah Thayer passed away in 1741 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Josiah Thayer was born in 1694 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Josiah Thayer and Sarah Bass.
  • Josiah Thayer married Elizabeth Lewis, Elizabeth Keith, Esther Keith, Elizabeth Lewis.
  • Josiah Thayer passed away in 1741 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Josiah Thayer
1670 – 1727
Birth Location: Uxbridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Sarah Bass
1673 – 1719
Birth Location: Mendon, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Lewis
1694 –
Birth Location: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Elizabeth Keith
1696 –
Birth Location: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Esther Keith
1707 – 1793
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Elizabeth Lewis
1696 –
Birth Location: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Children(s)

Josiah Thayer's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Thayer
1694 – 1741
Birth Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
Josiah Thayer
1670 – 1727
Uxbridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Sarah Bass
1673 – 1719
Mendon, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Ferdinando Thayer
1625 – 1713
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Huldah Hayward
1636 – 1690
Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Bass
1635 – 1720
Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Sarah Wood
1642 – 1678
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Thayer
– 1665
Margery Wheeler
William Hayward
1612 – 1659
Margaret Knight
– 1676
Samuel Bass
1600 – 1694
Anne Saville
1600 – 1693
Nicholas Wood
1610 – 1670
Mary Pidge
1622 – 1663
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Thayer
– 1630
Ursula Dimery
1568 –
Abel Wheeler
1568 – 1613
Jane Shephard
1567 – 1629
John Hayward
1583 – 1639
Agnes Walker
1592 – 1676
Thomas Knight
1560 – 1629
Margery Thayer
1562 – 1676
Benjamin Bass
1560 – 1616
Mary Mcleared
1570 – 1639
William Saville
1570 – 1639
Margaret Parker
1571 – 1650
Wood
Wood
Thomas Pidge
1594 – 1648
Mary Sothy
– 1673

Josiah Thayer's Timeline

2 Records

1694
4 JUN 1694
Birth of Josiah Thayer in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1741
13 MAY 1741
Age 47
Death of Josiah Thayer in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 JUN 1694
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 MAY 1741
    Event Place: Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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